TORONTO -- Jonathan Bonneau scored the winning goal and set up another as McGill played nip-and-tuck with Toronto and skated to a 4-3 road victory in OUA men's hockey at Varsity Arena, Saturday. The victory extended McGill's win streak to six consecutive contests.

It marked the 223rd confrontation with the Varsity Blues in a long-standing rivalry that began way back on Feb. 20, 1899. McGill is 87-121-15 lifetime against Toronto, including a 29-10-4 mark in the last 43 meetings.

After McGill jumped out to an early 1-0 lead in the first period courtesy of freshman Daniel Milne's goal, first-year forward Max Lindsay responded for the Blues, tying the score at 1-1 with just five minutes remaining.

However, the Redmen exploded with two goals in an 11-second span -- at 19:31 and 19:42 -- by Patrick Delisle-Houde and and Rock Regimbald to take a 3-1 lead into the intermission.

Midway through the second, Jonathan Bonneau beat Varsity Blues fifth-year goaltender Brett Willows, to make it 4-1. 

In the final frame, Varsity Blues forward Connor Cleverley converted a pass from Matt Heffernan in the slot for a quick wrist shot at 13:55, narrowing the gap to 4-2. 

With Willows pulled for an extra attacker, Toronto pushed but captain Andrew Doyle and scoring leader Patrick Marsh were both stymied by McGill goaltender Jacob Gervais-Chouinard. By the time that the Blues had solved how to beat the McGill goalie, Mathew Campagna found the back of the net at 19:55 to make it 4-3, but they ran out of time.

Gervais-Chouinard made 29 saves and improved to 9-0 on the season, while Willows saved 24 of 28 shots and took the loss.

The Varsity Blues (3-5-1) return to action on Nov. 13 when they travel to Sudbury, Ont., to take on the Laurentian Voyageurs (4-5-0).  McGill, which sits one point ahead of UQTR (8-1-1), atop the OUA East with a stellar 9-1 record, will host Laurier (4-5-0) and Waterloo (4-6-0), Nov. 13-14, respectively.

REDMEN RAP: McGill defenceman Samuel Labrecque, was held pointless for only the third time in 10 games this season. He is now in a five-way tie for the CIS scoring lead with a 7-10-17. Teammate Mathieu Pompei (7-10-17) is one of those in the tie for the CIS lead, one point ahead of David Rose (6-10-16).

LINK TO COMPLETE BOXSCORE

SCORING SUMMARY
McGill 4 at Toronto 3
(Saturday, November 7, 2015 - Varsity Arena)

GOALS BY PERIOD:
McGill 3-1-0 -- 4
Toronto 1-0-2 -- 3

1st Period-
1, McGill, Daniel Milne 5 (Pompei, Rose), 4:50.
2, Toronto, Max Lindsay 2 (unassisted), 13:33.
3, McGill, Patrick Delisle-Houde 3 (Rose, Talbot-Tassi), 19:31 (PP).
4, McGill, Rock Regimbald 2 (Tardif-Richard, Bonneau), 19:42.

Penalties-Wallace Tor (interference), 6:10; Kirkup Tor (interference), 18:34.

2nd Period-
5, McGill, Jonathan Bonneau 4 (Regimbald, Barnard), 12:16.

Penalties-Klomp Tor (elbowing), 8:07; Pompei Mcg (interference), 9:52; Rose Mcg (interference), 13:45; Cleverley Tor (cross checking), 14:55.

3rd Period-
6, Toronto, Connor Cleverley 3 (Heffernan, Marsh), 13:55.
7, Toronto, Mathew Campagna 4 (Heide, Marsh), 19:55.

Penalties-(None)

Shots on Goal-
McGill 9-11-8 -- 28.
Toronto 9-13-10 -- 32.

Power Play Opportunities-
McGill 1 / 4;
Toronto 0 / 2.

Goalies-
McGill, Jacob Gervais-Chouinard (W, 9-0-0, 32 shots-29 saves; 60:00).
Toronto, Brett Willows (L, 1-3-0, 28 shots-24 saves; 58:08).

Attendance: 120
Start: 7:35 PM
End: 9:43 PM
Length: 2:08

Referees-Duane Parliament, Shane Wannamaker.
Linesmen-Chris Buxton, Marco McCrae.


THREE STARS:
1. MCG - 15 Jonathan Bonneau
2. MCG - 30 Jacob Gervais-Chouinard
3. TOR - 14 Patrick Marsh